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| http://www.the-fleetingness-of-bits.de |
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"the fleetingness of bits" is based on a thesis I wrote in
the beginning of 2000. the work is about the random loss of digital
information which takes place in every facete of our culture.
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about the mania of storing |
| • raising production of digital information |
| • how much traditional information exists in the world ? |
| • how big is the world´s knowledge base? |
| • digital information is transitory |
| • the physical decay |
| • magnetic storage media |
| • optical storage media |
| • decay through technological advances itself |
| • the internet - a transitory, fleeting medium |
| • 404 File Not Found |
| • ghost sites |
| • fear of information loss |
| • brewster kahle's internet archives |
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the alarming gap between storage capacity and ...transfer rate |
| • the desire for bodilessness immortality |
| • the digital cemetery |
| • acceptance of decay |
| • re-introduction of a conscious selective process |
| • the HD-Rosetta technology |
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| [thesis
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